The Church and Social Problems (1910)

Any inquiry into the condition of the churches to-day must consider the gulf existing between the church and the working class. We hardly realize, I think, that by a great section of the proletariat our religious organizations are regraded as the stronghold of hypocrisy and oppression. We hardly re...

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Main Author: Alice Paul
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Language:English
Published: UJ Press 2023-06-01
Series:Clinical Sociology Review
Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/csr/article/view/2543
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